Pluck Plucks Pluck (RSS Reader) From Their Product Lineup

I've been a big fan of the Pluck RSS Reader (formerly Shadows) for over a year now, and now i just feel plucked and feathered. I started using Pluck before Internet Explorer, Google and other companies launched their own...

I've been a big fan of the Pluck RSS Reader (formerly Shadows) for over a year now, and now i just feel plucked and feathered. I started using Pluck before Internet Explorer, Google and other companies launched their own RSS readers. This app also came in handy for organizing your bookmarks--I especially liked the comments field in which I stored my usernames and password hints. For the past few weeks, though, I've been unable to log in to my Pluck account. This has happened before, so I wasn't immediately concerned. Until today.

Today, I decided to visit Pluck's Web site to see what was up. And that's when I found the above message. As of January 5, Pluck has abandoned its self-titled app!! (Yes, it took me exactly 19 days to get fed up.) Now they're all about "social media" products. (Whatever that is, LOL) They leave instructions for transferring your bookmarks and feeds to another reader, but I can't even log into the thing, so all is lost for me, I believe. So if any readers find my bookmarks floating out there on the world wide web, please be sure to give them a good home.

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